---
name: "Grinning Totem"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "TSB"
set_name: "Time Spiral Timeshifted"
collector_number: "110"
rarity: "special"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "fa798a3d-7797-4795-b251-a45f0429d169"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grinning-totem-tsb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grinning Totem
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card. At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you haven't played it, put it into its owner's graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Praetor's Grasp](/printing/praetors-grasp-sld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Extract](/printing/extract-ody.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ornate Kanzashi](/printing/ornate-kanzashi-bok.md) — Artifact
4. [Acquire](/printing/acquire-pidw.md) — Sorcery
5. [Vexing Arcanix](/printing/vexing-arcanix-8ed.md) — Artifact
6. [Sentinel Totem](/printing/sentinel-totem-xln.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Timeshifted (TSB) #110
- **Rarity:** Special
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`